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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/שער-הדולר-#.m4a” /]שַׁעַר הַדּוֹלָר The Hebrew expression for exchange rate is שער חליפין[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/שער-הדולר-#.m4a” /], where שער[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/שער-הדולר-#.m4a” /] refers to rate. So the dollar (exchange) rate is שער הדולר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/שער-הדולר-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/שער-הדולר-#.m4a” /]שער הדולר יחסית יציב בשנים האחרונות. The dollar rate has been relatively stable in recent years. What does the word שער…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/מרק-עדשים-#.m4a” /]מְרַק עֲדָשִׁים The Hebrew word for soup is מרק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/מרק-עדשים-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/מרק-עדשים-#.m4a” /]מרק בחורף בא לי בטוב. Soup in the winter does me good. A lentil is עדשה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/מרק-עדשים-#.m4a” /], while lentils are עדשים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/מרק-עדשים-#.m4a” /], so lentil soup is מרק עדשים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/מרק-עדשים-#.m4a” /]: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/מרק-עדשים-#.m4a” /]מה זה הריח הזה, מרק עדשים? What’s…
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. To take full advantage of the review material, click on “Choose a study mode” in the bottom right corner of the box above. [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/צעיף-#.m4a” /]צָעִיף I wore a scarf for the first time in my late twenties, living in Jerusalem: having grown up in LA, there was no need for it. The Hebrew word for scarf is צעיף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/צעיף-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/צעיף-#.m4a” /]היא לובשת צעיף ומעיל גשם. She’s wearing a scarf and a rain coat. צעיף…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/לפנות-מקום-#.m4a” /]לְפַנּוֹת מָקוֹם To clear something – to remove it – is לפנות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/לפנות-מקום-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/לפנות-מקום-#.m4a” /]דוד, שכחת לפנות את השולחן! David, you forgot to clear the table! So to clear space for someone or something – to make room or to give way – is לפנות מקום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/לפנות-מקום-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/הוכחה-#.m4a” /]הוֹכָחָה The Hebrew word for proof is הוכחה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/הוכחה-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/הוכחה-#.m4a” /]זאת עובדה? יש הוכחה? Is this a fact? Is there proof? הוכחה comes from the הפעיל verb to prove – להוכיח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/הוכחה-#.m4a” /], which itself comes from the root ו.כ.ח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/הוכחה-#.m4a” /] or י.כ.ח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/הוכחה-#.m4a” /] (the letters ו[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/הוכחה-#.m4a”…